Trousers



Nov. 10, 1936.

L. BARRY 2,060,775'

TROUSERS Original Filed Nov. 20, 1934 Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application November 20, 1934, Serial No. 753,973. Renewed November 22, 1935. In New Zealand March 21, 1934 6 Claims.

This invention has reference to trousers and like garments made with waistbands adapted to closely encircle the wearers body in order to cause them to be supported in Wear without the employment of extraneous supporting means. More particularly the invention has reference to the class of garment known as sports trousers for wear by men, in which the trousers are made with a waistband that is broken with placket like openings at about over the positions of the wearers buttocks, and then is overlapped at each break, and the overlapping edges secured together by tongue and buckle or slide fastenings which allow for the extent of overlap, and the consequent size of the waistband, being varied at will, to thereby t around the waist of the wearer with the necessary degree of closeness to obtain the desired support.

The invention has been designed with the object of providing improvements in such a formation of waistband, by the use of which a neat and comfortable t around the wearers waist is obtained with an absence of puckers or looseness in the overlapping members and in a manner such as to ensure of the waistband maintaining its uniform line around the waist.

The invention therefore consists, broadly, in the employment, in such a waistband formation, of means whereby the underlapping member of each lapped break is maintained from sagging downward as it is drawn in beneath the overlapping member, so that the uniform level in the waistband is ensured and also so that a neat fit around the wearers hips is obtained.

The invention may be suitably given effect to in the manner shown in the accompanying drawing, in which1- Figure l is a side elevation of the upper portion of a pair of trousers, showing the class of waistband formation with which the invention is concerned, and the waistband at its fullest size.

Figure 2 is a similar view but showing the position assumed when the waistband is drawn in.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the trousers made in accordance herewith, with the fly shown opened and turned in to expose the inside of the waistband rear.

Figure 4 is a somewhat similar view, but with the side openings unfastened and the underlapped members of the breaks shown swung in upon their supports.

The waistband A of the trousers or like garments is formed at about the position of each buttock with the placket like opening B so made that the rear member of the break is made to overlap the front member and is fastened in its overlapped position by means of the tongue extension C thereon which passes into a buckle D afxed to the outside of the other member at a 5 distance back from the opening. By drawing the tongues in through the buckles more or less, the waistband is adjusted in size and such waist adjustment may be made even around the wearer on both sides, or buttocks, by similarly adjusting 10 both sides.

In this invention, however, the inner member of the overlapping members of each opening B is supported upon the inside of the outer member thereof in such a manner as to maintain it from 15 dropping or sagging down, and to allow of it moving freely in and out across such member in the adjustment of the waistband. For this purpose a strap E is arranged to extend along the inside of the overlapping member from its edge 20 to any approved point such as to allow for the full lap of the members, and such strap is left loose from the waistband between its two ends. The underlapping member is then at its inner edge suspended upon this strap so that it may 25 slide along upon it in its adjusting movements. This is suitably effected by forming such member with a button hole eyelet F through which the runner tape or strap E is passed from the inside of the edge of such member to the outside, before it has its end secured to the overlapping member. This strap therefore affords a support upon which the underlapping member of the opening may run freely. It is preferably arranged at a slight downward incline towards its inner end in order thus to permit of the top edge of the underlap dropping slightly as it moves inward, to thereby adjust itself to the varying angles assumed by its vertical edge as such pivots on its connection with the vertical edge of the other member, and thus to ensure of a neater fold of the outside member on the inner member and a more comfortable fitting upon the Wearers person. Aleo to assist in this comfortable tting of the underlap against the 45 wearers person, and to ensure of its sliding easily to its position it should have a strip of whalebone or like material inserted in its top edge to give it a springy stiffness.

In the drawing, the two runner tapes or straps 50 E are shown as made in one length the middle of which is fastened to the back centre of the waistband and the two ends then carried out to the edges of the respective overlapping members. 55

Although the present invention has been described as applied to trousers, it is obvious that it is equally applicable to nether garments in general, including skirts.

I claim:-

1. In trousers and like garments, a waistband formation in which placket like openings are made in the waistband at about over each buttock position and the rearward member of each opening is caused to adjustably overlap the forward member and is sezured by means of a strap extension on the former passing through a buckle secured to the latter member, and means for slidably supporting the underlapping member upon the overlapping member of each opening, consisting of a strap disposed to extend along the inside of the overlapping member and secured only at its ends, and which strap is passed through an eyelet formed upon or attached to the edge of the underlapping member.

2. In trousers and like garments having a waistband made in accordance with claim l, a supporting strap for the underlapping member of each waistband opening arranged to incline slightly downwards from its outer to its inner end.

3. A waist construction for trousers and like garments, comprising a waist portion divided at two points intermediate the hip points and center back, said garment having slits extending downwardly from the divisions of the waist portion, the marginal parts of the back portion of the garment, separated from the frontal portion thereof by said slits, being lapped over the exterior marginal parts of the frontal portion of the garment, and a supporting strap attached at its ends on the Waist of said back portion of the garment, the underlapped edges of the frontal portion of the garment being mounted on said supporting strap for sliding movement therealong.

4. A waist construction for trousers and like garments, comprising a waist portion divided at two points intermediate the hip points and center back, said garment having slits extending downwardly from the divisions 0f the Waist portion, the marginal parts of the back portion of the garment, separated from the frontal portion thereof by said slits, being lapped over the exterior marginal parts of the frontal portion of the garment, and runner tapes fixed at their ends to the waist of the back portion of said garment, the upper corners of the underlapped edges of the frontal portions of the garment being slidably mounted on said tapes for movement therealong.

5. A waist construction for trousers and like garments, comprising a waist portion divided at two points intermediate the hip points and center back, said garment having slits extending downwardly from the divisions of the waist portion, the marginal parts of the back portion of the garment, separated from the frontal portion thereof by said slits, being lapped over the exterior marginal parts of the frontal portion of the garment, a supporting strap attached at its ends on the waist of said back portion of the garment, the underlapped edges of the frontal portion of the garment being mounted on said supporting strap for sliding movement therealong, and means for adjustably securing the vertical marginal edges of the back portion oi the garment to the frontal portion of the garment.

6. A waist construction for trousers and like garments, comprising a waist portion divided at two points intermediate the hip points and cen- .A

ter back, said garment having slits extending downwardly from the divisions of the waist portion, the marginal parts of the back portion of the garment, separated from the frontal portion thereof by said slits, being lapped over the exl.

terior marginal parts of the frontal portion of the garment, runner tapes Xed at their ends to the waist of the back portion of said garment, the upper corners of the underlapped edges of the frontal portions of the garment being slidably mounted on said tapes for movement therealong, and means for adjustably securing the vertical marginal edges of the back portion of the garment to the frontal portion of the garment.

LEONARD BARRY. 

